barbette

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. Barbet.] (Fort.) A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which guns are mounted to fire over the parapet. [1913 Webster]

En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures.

Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret.

Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of Casemate.] [1913 Webster] Barbican

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